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четверг, 8 октября 2015 г.

Do you like mysteries?

I’ve got one more hobby and it’s
detective stories. At school I used to hide a book under my desk and tried to
read it while the teacher was talking about chemical reactions, sulfates and
other nonsense. As a result, I got D on Chemistry, but I can tell you a lot
about Edgar Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie! Are you intrigued?
Then I’ll go on. Classical detectives make people think and analyze the
situation, but what I like most of all about them is suspense! I’d say that Poe
is the king of this genre! You never know who the murderer is in his story
until the author reveals the secret himself. And sometimes this discovery is so
unexpected that I stare wide-eyed into the book and can’t believe that’s the
man. This ‘aha’ moment is perfectly explained in this article http://nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=135833&org=NSF
. It happens so quickly and seems to appear out of nowhere. Actually, our brain
works things out secretly and then says ‘Bang! Remember me?’ and a sudden idea
pops into our mind. The same is with detective stories. The writer keeps us in the
dark on purpose to make the moment of truth more exciting. And we follow him. I
think not all authors are talented enough to create such a mystery. But Edgar
Poe is. Was. And always will be. Today people are keen on fantasy, but I prefer
reading a good old detective! And what about you?